The Saboteurs (aka The Heavy Water War) (2015) s01e06 Episode Script

Episode 6

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We have Simenon on radio
and Haukelid with two local
guys to execute the mission.
They will place 19lbs of
high explosives below deck,
something which ought to create
an 11-square-foot hole.
The ferry with all its cargo should
go down in less than five minutes,
too fast to get to
shore before it sinks.
Right.
Another attempt, another blast,
another fuckload of people die.
That's war. There's a price
to pay for success.
But how successful were we, really?
We lost 41 men with Freshman.
We sabotaged the factory only
to have the Germans rebuild it
in two months, then listened to the
Yanks and bombed the entire valley.
All right.
And now
.. we're about to blow up
a passenger ferry.
Very successful.
It's war, Julie, you told me.
Excuse me, sir.
- Tronstad.
- Have you got a minute?
Yes, what can I do for you?
How sure are we? How far down
the line are they with the bomb?
Any new information I haven't got?
Well, we're never sure.
You know that Werner Heisenberg
gave Niels Bohr a sketch that we
thought for some time showed a bomb,
but which is most likely to have
been for a reactor, as you thought.
But if you have a reactor,
you can make plutonium.
If you have plutonium,
you can make a bomb.
Now, we don't know if Heisenberg
did it to warn us, to frighten us,
to help us or just to impress.
And that's why we have to sink the
shipment, because we don't know.
We do know that Heisenberg
regards the heavy water
as essential to his bomb project.
We're afraid.
That's the reality.
Morning.
- 39 barrels down.
- 18 dead.
- Minus four Germans.
- Most below deck.
Third class, probably
trapped in the dark,
if they didn't get caught
by the explosion.
There was a man on deck who got
crushed to death by train coaches,
trying to get a lifeboat out.
Most went into the water without
a life jacket and drowned.
The only boat that was used was the
one that was on starboard side,
and that holds only eight.
Well, head office are very pleased.
They consider heavy water
operations finished.
An example of precise warfare with
the minimal amount of casualties,
which has given us a huge advantage
in our continuous battles.
That's Churchill. He sends
his congratulations.
Congratulations,
sir.
Sunshine?
Yes, Operation Sunshine,
the protection of power
and dam installations
in Southern Norway,
to prevent the Germans
from destroying too much
before they surrender.
You've been chosen to lead
the operation with Parson
as second in command and
Skinnarland on radio duties.
The rest of the group you pick yourself.
Congratulations.
I thought this was what
you always wanted.
To go back to Norway, get
out into the field again?
If you'd rather stay here just
until the end of hostilities
and then go and see your wife and
children, it's no problem, I can
Of course not. The war's not over yet.
Thank you, sir.
Good man.
Well, you're certainly not
going to miss the fish.
You don't get fishes
like this in Norway.
Not really, no.
Eugh!
I can't.
It must be very beautiful
this time of year.
It's always beautiful.
Do you know what I miss
the most about Norway?
The horizons,
wherever you look.
Yeah.
It's been a while.
You must come and visit.
My house is big.
Well, that could be awkward.
I might go back to university,
do another degree.
That's a good idea.
This country needs good bird-watchers.
It certainly does.
It's going to be strange
not to have a war.
Yes.
What else to it?
What?
Show me the way to go home
I'm tired and I want to go to bed
Well, I had a little
drink about an hour ago
And it's gone right to my head
No matter where I roam
Over land or sea or foam
You will always hear me singing a song
Show me the way to go home.
- Skal. - Skal.
- Skal.
Thank you, guys.
You didn't think we'd let you
get away that easily, did you?
Skinnarland sends his love.
Apparently they're in trouble with
a police chief who's threatening
to blow their cover, so you
are going to be very busy.
Yeah.
And so say all of us
And so say all of us
For he's a jolly good fellow
For he's a jolly good fellow
For he's a jolly good fell-ow
Well, the war should be over
in a couple of months.
Might pop over and see you myself.
Good luck, Tronstad.
Thank you.
Well
See you soon.
Welcome to London, Mr Heisenberg.
I'm Major Julie Smith, Special
Operations Executive.
I'm in charge of the debriefing
of the German atomic programme.
Would you care to follow me?